tropp

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Trupp, Truppe, from Old French trope

Noun

tropp m (definite singular troppen, indefinite plural tropper, definite plural troppene)

  1. a troop, platoon

Synonyms
  • pelotong (platoon)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Trupp, Truppe, from Old French trope (“band, company, troop”), of Germanic origin from Frankish *thorp (“assembly, gathering”), from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (“village, land, estate”), from Proto-Germanic *treb- (“dwelling, settlement”). Akin to English troop.

Noun

tropp m (definite singular troppen, indefinite plural troppar, definite plural troppane)

  1. a troop

Noun

tropp f (definite singular troppa, indefinite plural tropper, definite plural troppene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by trapp

References
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